Chapter 127 We Will Always Stand Behind You
Stop pretending.
Lin Yueyue did not give the other party a friendly look.
From the day this woman arrived at her home, she took over all the household affairs. She seemed to be a dutiful wife, but Lin Yueyue knew very well that this woman was no good person. She was vicious and would stop at nothing to achieve her goals.
Shen Ran seemed to have gotten used to Lin Yueyue's attitude. She raised her hand to tidy Lin Yueyue's hair, and still had a gentle smile on her face. She said, "Look, you've lost weight since you came back. Studying abroad must have been very hard. Your father is really something. You've been gone for a year and he hasn't even called to check on you."
Shen Ran's words, seemingly casual, were like a sharp knife stabbing into Lin Yueyue's heart, causing excruciating pain.
She lost her mother at a young age and spent her childhood with her grandparents. Her impression of her father was limited to what she saw on television.
In the past, she felt that her father didn't care about her because she wasn't good enough and her grades weren't good enough.
She worked tirelessly on practice questions, improved her spoken English, and learned etiquette to become better.
The desk lamp at four in the morning illuminated the test paper like daylight; the wooden floor of the dance studio was soaked with sweat, leaving a human-shaped pattern; the TOEFL vocabulary book was worn out with curled corners. She thought that as long as her report card was good enough, her father would stay ten minutes longer on the day of the family reunion dinner.
When she happily took out the trophies and certificates from the room, the man only nodded slightly, his eyes full of disdain, devoid of any warmth.
At that moment, the fireplace was steaming, but she didn't feel warm; instead, she felt as if a hole had been cut in her heart, and cold air was now mockingly pouring into it.
Lin Yueyue lowered her eyes, her throat tightened, but she stubbornly raised her chin and revealed a generous smile: "Our family's affairs are none of your business, you outsider's concern."
After saying that, she turned and left.
Shen Ran didn't chase after her, but sighed softly as she watched her retreating figure.
"What a pitiful girl, trying to warm a stone. You should know that a stone is still just a stone. You can say a thousand or ten thousand things to it, but it won't respond."
"One day you will understand that in this world, all kinship, love, and friendship are fake; only money and power are real."
Lin Yueyue rushed into the bathroom, her back slamming against the cold tiled wall. She slowly slid to the floor, hugged her knees, buried her face in her arms, and suppressed sobs echoed in the empty stall.
She bit her hand, her shoulders trembled violently, and tears fell like broken beads onto the marble countertop.
All the grievances, efforts, and desires that had been suppressed for so many years poured out from the cracks at this moment. She always felt that as long as she tried a little harder and persevered a little longer, she would definitely be able to gain her father's approval.
Now, Shen Ran's casual remark was like a toy gun, easily piercing through her hard armor.
No matter how high the report card is, it can't overcome the prejudice in my father's eyes; no matter how many trophies I have, they can't fill the void in my childhood.
Perhaps, as Li Fei said, many people envy Lin Yueyue's family. Look how rich she is! She can buy everything she wants. But what she really wants is just a simple and complete family.
Lin Yueyue squatted in the corner, hugging her legs with both hands, and cried in suppressed sobs.
She resembled a white snake that had encircled itself, or a cicada pupa that had spun its own cocoon.
Just then, a crisp sound of a lighter rang out in front of her.
Upon hearing this voice, Lin Yueyue quickly wiped away her tears and looked up to see Yu Qing standing at the bathroom door, leaning against the wall, lighting a cigar with a lighter.
Lin Yueyue looked at him warily: "What are you doing?"
Yu Qing finally lit his cigar, shook the lighter twice to extinguish the flame, took a light puff, and lazily looked at her: "This is... the men's restroom!"
Lin Yueyue looked up and saw a sign for the men's restroom on the door. With tears in her eyes, she said, "I'm...I'm sorry, I didn't notice."
“I saw it all just now.” Yu Qing glanced at her.
What do you see?
"You're crying."
"Who's crying? Move aside, I'm leaving!"
Lin Yueyue stood up to leave, but Yu Qing blocked her way the next second, preventing her from leaving.
Lin Yueyue looked at him with a sour face: "What?"
"Don't you think I look cool smoking a cigar?" Yu Qing took a very flamboyant puff, ash falling onto his hand, and he imitated Yuan Xiu's loud shout.
Lin Yueyue was immediately amused: "It's so ugly!"
Yu Qing leaned closer, grinning mischievously, and said, "Hey? Why aren't you calling me childish this time?"
Lin Yueyue turned her face away and muttered, "Childish..."
Yu Qing sighed: "Actually, no one in this world is perfect, and the world isn't as bad as you imagine. If someone dislikes you, then someone must secretly love you. You're already good enough, and you don't need to prove anything to anyone. If the stone doesn't respond, don't cover it up in your chest. Move it away so you can see the person standing behind the stone."
"No matter what others think, you will always be our goddess at Jiangcheng No.1 High School, always our moon, shining on our youth, and we will always stand behind you, right, Lu Chi?"
After Yu Qing finished speaking, she reached out and tugged at the side. Lu Chi slowly walked out from around the corner and looked at Lin Yueyue earnestly: "Don't be sad, we're here for you."
Lin Yueyue looked at Lu Chi in surprise: "Lu Chi, what are you doing here?"
"We're here too, Yueyue."
"Yueyue, you will always be our princess."
"We will always love you."
"Yueyue, you're being naughty, crying all the time."
One by one, classmates walked out from the side, smiling as they looked at Lin Yueyue.
Lin Yueyue's gaze swept over the familiar faces until she saw Wang Meili. She could no longer hold back her tears and hugged Wang Meili, crying loudly, "Thank you, Meili, thank you all."
Wang Meili gently patted her back, and her classmates around her also comforted her.
Only Yuanxiu lay on the ground, holding a wine cup in his hand, and no one paid him any attention.
Yu Qing turned to look at Shen Ran, and saw her standing alone in front of the French windows, quietly admiring the night view outside.
From the moment she appeared, she never looked directly at Yu Qing and Lu Chi. Yu Qing felt that it wasn't because she was afraid of giving herself away, but because she genuinely disdained them.
After all, Shen Ran probably didn't even consider people like them to be a threat.
This was exactly what Yu Qing wanted; only when no one was paying attention could he find a way to break the deadlock amidst the changing circumstances.
In fact, Yu Qing was only half right. Shen Ran did indeed look down on the two of them, but she did not underestimate them because of that. The reason she chose to turn a blind eye was that now was not the time to deal with them.
She has more important things to do.
Shen Ran squinted, looking down at the street from the top floor of the forty-eighth floor.
At this moment, a tall man standing downstairs also looked up at Chen Ran's position upstairs, then put on his hat and walked towards Lin Chengyu's villa.
For this bustling city, the night may slow its pace, but only for a moment.
Shen Ran looked in the direction the man had left, a faint smile on her face.
If the stone doesn't respond, just move it away.
There's no need to look at the people behind you.
Become that mountain yourself.
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